Special Education TODAY
HHS Restructures, Reduces Workforce, and Eliminates Disability-Related Office
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a major restructuring of its agency, reducing the workforce from 82,000 to 62,000, consolidating the number of divisions...
Read more >Report Finds Millions of Students Left with No Civil Rights Protections
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has released a report detailing the consequences of recent layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the adverse effects they have...
Read more >Bringing High-Leverage Practices to Every Classroom: A Practical Guide for Special Educators
High-leverage practices (HLPs) are not a new concept—they are the instructional strategies that have the greatest impact on student learning. Yet, for many special educators, integrating these...
Read more >Top Democratic Appropriators Press McMahon to Follow Law
On March 17th, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and the Labor, Health...
Read more >President Trump Signs Executive Order to Eliminate Department of Education
On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education [ED] and return authority over education to the States...
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